Chapter 22
"Still talking?" Sam asked.
"Yes. Rachel is on the way down into the basement. That's where the Visser and chapman have their meetings. Every week at least. Maybe every night."
"Cool." He said, then he stopped with the hacky sack and pulled something out of one of his back pockets. It was a dracon beam weapon. He tossed it to me. "Here, in case things get ugly."
"Are you sure?" I asked. "There are better ways, besides these things will give away our positions. They are loud and quite the light show."
"I know, but I have found a way to keep them from being as bright. Put the setting to pulse. It will only shoot little bullet like things, so it won't be as inconspicuous as you would think."
I looked down at the handle. All I could see was some sort of shapes and stuff. They looked foreign, but like a language. "How can you read this?" I asked. "It's all in yeerk. And as far as I know, you can't read yeerk. How did you figure this out?"
He sighed. "Come on Gordon, think. I was home alone all week. I tested it on a rock. I tried all the settings so that I knew how to work it." He pointed to the side. It looked like a clock. Two hands, but one circle. It had what seemed to be alien letters. "The one dial is the power setting for the beam. The other is the pulse. The switch there is what changes it. If you look there, you will see a bit of a digital display. That is what setting it is on. The furthest to the left is the weakest, and the right is the strongest." He played with the dials and switches. I noticed that the little pulse dial only went on the bottom, and the beam stayed on the top of the dial. It was pretty cool.
"And the yeerks aren't completely sadistic. They have a safety switch. Right there." He pointed to a button. "Simple really."
I put the gun in my back pocket. It fit in easily.
{Okay. I am here in the basement. The Visser is continuing to abuse this poor Chapman guy. Continues to stress how bad it is, and to put some sort of security up at the school. He is almost worried.} Rachel said.
{Good.} Tobias agreed.
{Well, I am hiding underneath the desk, so I am safe for now.} Rachel continued. {he keeps going on and such. The hologram of him looks pretty cool. Almost real.
{So, what's happening?} I heard Jake ask.
{Wha??} Rachel practically shrieked. {Jake?}
{Yeah. So, what's going on?}
{Jeez Jake, where are you, you almost made me bump into Chapman.}
{I am kind of on you. And why would it matter. I thought Chapman said killing a cat was a bad deed.} he said the last bit in an angered tone.
{Um, yeah, he did, but he also said that anything could be an andalite bandit and not to let me down here again. And what do you mean on me?} Rachel demanded.
{I am a flea, Rachel. And I knew that. Why didn't you tell us?} Jake asked.
{I didn't think it was necessary. And besides....oh, crap.}
{What, I felt a shudder, what's wrong?} Jake asked.
{Chapman jut kicked me. He is eyeing me now. I am in trouble.}
{Good for you. Now, let's figure out how to get out of this.}
{Okay, the Visser just demanded to know why I was here again. Chapman said he hadn't seen me. The Visser just said to catch me and bring me to him. Overall, we are in trouble.} Rachel explained.
"Um, I think our worst fears have just come true." I told Sam, then all the lights in this section in town just went out. More troubles. Actually, that would be a help. I think that was Whitney. She was providing cover.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Rachel has just been caught, and the Visser wants Chapman to bring Rachel to him. Whitney unplugged the town lights for cover. We need to get on the move."
"Where to?" Sam asked.
I thought about where the Visser would go. I scanned of all the places he could hide in town, then I thought about where Chapman could get to easily from here. "The construction site!" I said.
"Where?"
"The abandoned construction site where we met Elfangor and got our powers. It is the only place near where the Visser could land the blade ship." I explained.
"Well, what are we waiting for?"
"We need to wait for orders. The others could take care of it."
"Hmph, not likely."
{Tobias, we need the real Fluffer, now!} Jake said.
{Okay, Chapman has us in a kitty carrier, now we need to stop him.} Rachel said.
{On it.} Tobias answered.
"They are on their way out to the car in a kitty carrier. We need to act fast." We began to run to the legendary construction site.
{Cassie, we need to keep good track of this.} Marco said. It surprised me that he was in morph. I guess him and Cassie must have morphed, thinking they needed to get out of there. They were right.
{Okay, I have Fluffer, he is on his way to the house.} Tobias informed them.
{We are overhead, we will land where they stop.} Cassie said.
Tobias called to us, {Okay guys, we need you now, keep on guard!} sam nodded his head.
"So you heard that?" I asked.
"Yeah, but it was really faint. I could just barely hear it." he answered.
{Alright, we are on the way.} I said to Tobias.
Sam stopped running. "What did you just do?" He asked, astonished.
I stopped, "I told Tobias that we were on the way." I shrugged. "Why?"
"I thought you couldn't use telepathy outside of morph?"
My face went blank. That's right. Why could I do it? I snapped out of my trance. "Don't worry about it. We can think about it later, right now we have a job to do."
"Agreed." We both started running again to the construction site.
"Still talking?" Sam asked.
"Yes. Rachel is on the way down into the basement. That's where the Visser and chapman have their meetings. Every week at least. Maybe every night."
"Cool." He said, then he stopped with the hacky sack and pulled something out of one of his back pockets. It was a dracon beam weapon. He tossed it to me. "Here, in case things get ugly."
"Are you sure?" I asked. "There are better ways, besides these things will give away our positions. They are loud and quite the light show."
"I know, but I have found a way to keep them from being as bright. Put the setting to pulse. It will only shoot little bullet like things, so it won't be as inconspicuous as you would think."
I looked down at the handle. All I could see was some sort of shapes and stuff. They looked foreign, but like a language. "How can you read this?" I asked. "It's all in yeerk. And as far as I know, you can't read yeerk. How did you figure this out?"
He sighed. "Come on Gordon, think. I was home alone all week. I tested it on a rock. I tried all the settings so that I knew how to work it." He pointed to the side. It looked like a clock. Two hands, but one circle. It had what seemed to be alien letters. "The one dial is the power setting for the beam. The other is the pulse. The switch there is what changes it. If you look there, you will see a bit of a digital display. That is what setting it is on. The furthest to the left is the weakest, and the right is the strongest." He played with the dials and switches. I noticed that the little pulse dial only went on the bottom, and the beam stayed on the top of the dial. It was pretty cool.
"And the yeerks aren't completely sadistic. They have a safety switch. Right there." He pointed to a button. "Simple really."
I put the gun in my back pocket. It fit in easily.
{Okay. I am here in the basement. The Visser is continuing to abuse this poor Chapman guy. Continues to stress how bad it is, and to put some sort of security up at the school. He is almost worried.} Rachel said.
{Good.} Tobias agreed.
{Well, I am hiding underneath the desk, so I am safe for now.} Rachel continued. {he keeps going on and such. The hologram of him looks pretty cool. Almost real.
{So, what's happening?} I heard Jake ask.
{Wha??} Rachel practically shrieked. {Jake?}
{Yeah. So, what's going on?}
{Jeez Jake, where are you, you almost made me bump into Chapman.}
{I am kind of on you. And why would it matter. I thought Chapman said killing a cat was a bad deed.} he said the last bit in an angered tone.
{Um, yeah, he did, but he also said that anything could be an andalite bandit and not to let me down here again. And what do you mean on me?} Rachel demanded.
{I am a flea, Rachel. And I knew that. Why didn't you tell us?} Jake asked.
{I didn't think it was necessary. And besides....oh, crap.}
{What, I felt a shudder, what's wrong?} Jake asked.
{Chapman jut kicked me. He is eyeing me now. I am in trouble.}
{Good for you. Now, let's figure out how to get out of this.}
{Okay, the Visser just demanded to know why I was here again. Chapman said he hadn't seen me. The Visser just said to catch me and bring me to him. Overall, we are in trouble.} Rachel explained.
"Um, I think our worst fears have just come true." I told Sam, then all the lights in this section in town just went out. More troubles. Actually, that would be a help. I think that was Whitney. She was providing cover.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Rachel has just been caught, and the Visser wants Chapman to bring Rachel to him. Whitney unplugged the town lights for cover. We need to get on the move."
"Where to?" Sam asked.
I thought about where the Visser would go. I scanned of all the places he could hide in town, then I thought about where Chapman could get to easily from here. "The construction site!" I said.
"Where?"
"The abandoned construction site where we met Elfangor and got our powers. It is the only place near where the Visser could land the blade ship." I explained.
"Well, what are we waiting for?"
"We need to wait for orders. The others could take care of it."
"Hmph, not likely."
{Tobias, we need the real Fluffer, now!} Jake said.
{Okay, Chapman has us in a kitty carrier, now we need to stop him.} Rachel said.
{On it.} Tobias answered.
"They are on their way out to the car in a kitty carrier. We need to act fast." We began to run to the legendary construction site.
{Cassie, we need to keep good track of this.} Marco said. It surprised me that he was in morph. I guess him and Cassie must have morphed, thinking they needed to get out of there. They were right.
{Okay, I have Fluffer, he is on his way to the house.} Tobias informed them.
{We are overhead, we will land where they stop.} Cassie said.
Tobias called to us, {Okay guys, we need you now, keep on guard!} sam nodded his head.
"So you heard that?" I asked.
"Yeah, but it was really faint. I could just barely hear it." he answered.
{Alright, we are on the way.} I said to Tobias.
Sam stopped running. "What did you just do?" He asked, astonished.
I stopped, "I told Tobias that we were on the way." I shrugged. "Why?"
"I thought you couldn't use telepathy outside of morph?"
My face went blank. That's right. Why could I do it? I snapped out of my trance. "Don't worry about it. We can think about it later, right now we have a job to do."
"Agreed." We both started running again to the construction site.